CVE-2026-65473 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-65473: WordPress Virtue/Ascend/Pinnacle Toolkit plugin <= 4.9.12 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Vendor Nexcess

Product Virtue/Ascend/Pinnacle Toolkit

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published July 23, 2026

Last update July 23, 2026

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CVSS base score

6.5/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction Required

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Contributor Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Virtue/Ascend/Pinnacle Toolkit <= 4.9.12 versions.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

The Virtue/Ascend/Pinnacle Toolkit contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows an authenticated user to inject malicious scripts into the application. When another user views the affected page, the script executes in their browser, potentially compromising their session or stealing sensitive data. The vulnerability requires user interaction and affects the scope beyond the vulnerable component.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious scripts that execute in other users' browsers when they view affected pages.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Authenticated users can compromise other users' sessions or steal data through injected scripts.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must be authenticated with low-level privileges and trick a user into visiting a crafted link or page.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

July 23, 2026 CVE published

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65473 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html AskarLabs — CWE-79 write-up Cross-Site Scripting

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2026-65473

CWE CWE-79

CVSS 6.5 / MEDIUM

Affected versions